With the relese of the awesome agent miniatures who would be up for aliens for them to combat? Lets give WGA some suggerstions.
What type would you like to see?
Theres...something... out there!
What type of xeno-invader would you like to see on a sprue?
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on the digital front, we have the hunter organisms, aka xenomorn't, who are GORGEOUS. I'd also love to see how wga does space orcs, preferably not like the current tropes. last one that could be fun is space dark elves that are more like the starfinder ones, aka blood fueled corporations rather than pirates.
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@Dark Don The Grays hands down. They're an iconic alien archetype that doesn't really have much representation in the tabletop scene that isn't singular models or small packs.
I'd love a 24 model box of grays as some sort of antagonist for pulp era games. Question is what kind of grays will we go for? The little grey men in silver jumpsuits? Something like the sectoids from X-Com? The more monsterous type of Grey? What would also be cool is what different types of weapons they could have. While I admittedly prefer greys without jumpsuits (something closer to the Sectoids and rhe X-Files greys) I wouldn't mind jumpsuit greys if it allows for more customizability and variety. That or we could do something similar to Harvesters where the box contains two different types of greys.
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if the 'dome head slavers' are meant to be a mars attacks style alien, i think you could probably combine them and the grey's into one set by just having a basic spacesuit type outfit and a collection of variant heads.
that said i think it would be dificult to actually give them transparent domes for their space suits., given WGA hasn't messed around with transparent plastic. though you could perhaps hint at the potential of such through adding a helmet ring/collar to the outfit, like on the mars attack suit above, or the fallout 'zetans' from FO4 and FO76.
though i suppose you could just have a solid dome for people to paint into an opaque glass look... like the fallout minis game's Zetan PA.
@Charles Tottington Mantic used to make a Mars Attack miniatures game, but they dropped that liscense years back and they became OOP. and reaper makes a couple of 'greys' style figures in metal and bones plastic, and the fallout game has zetans in plastic now. but agree that there isn't really a good affordable source for them.
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@Mithril2098 Great idea! Options are always great in a model!
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@timbus the thirteenth Honestly orcs and elves in space should just be human based LOTR larping nerds or the decendents of larper that got a little too creative with the DNA therapy.
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@Brian Van De Walker I always figured on making orcs in space to be some sort of mutant ape man with the options of being either hairy or hairless if we want to go for the Warhammer/Classic Warcraft orc. But yeah, kind of like how Death Fields ogres and dwarves are genetically modified humans, I can see space orcs and space elves having the same origins.
But yeah, if I were brainstorming a box of greys that could also double as the Mars Attacks aliens, I may actually go for the Aztec approach, where you have three different types of bodies in a box of 30. Two for the jumpsuit and non-jumpsuit aliens, and the third body type being a larger and more heavily armored type kind of like what @Mithril2098 mentioned with the Fallout Zetans.
If I were to divide up how each of the three are kitted out. The jumpsuitless aliens are the ones that run around with alien pistols or even just their claws (think classical X-Com sectoids). While the classic jumpsuit aliens would have standard alien death rays and maybe the occasional heavier or specialized weaponry. Meanwhile the ones in the mini-mechs (probably big enough to either fit on 32mm or 40mm bases) are the ones packing the big guns.
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One thing I just realized, we've probably got to consider whether we want to include psychic greys/martians in the proposed set or have them be their own induvidual set of grey/martian commanders representing the three proposed body types. Alien Leaders would probably best serve as their own induvidual set you can purchase separately if you want to run a full scale alien invasion.
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i'd personally suggest that if you go the minimech route, you make it fit on a 25mm (if only just) to simplify the basing. just go for more of a 'tall' rather than 'bulky' look perhaps with emphasis more on extending limb length.
or go down the 'genetically engineered' route and instead just have an extra tall 'grey', like how Xcom2 redesigned the sectoid into a more human form predatory thing instead of the little cannonfodder they were in Xcom1. (you could even have a bit of fun there if you stick a basic 'harness' on the torsos where accessories could be hung even for the 'naked' ones.. on the big ones you could include a 'backpack' thats just one of the smaller ones riding master/blaster style. which might be a fun way to use up some extra arms and heads.)
another alternative could just be a robot drone of some kind.
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Greys are fun and all but I have always thought Xenomorph style aliens but as invaders with guns and melee weapons (like axes) would be cool. Like they could give them a whole race history with 1 team where the troop types are divided between beast like primals, iron age melee weapon and armored "medievals", and of course cybernetic blaster armed "currents".
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no reason you couldn't do a set of biomechanical aliens as well. do it right, and maybe you could even combine them as a facrtion, like the aliens from the Independance Day films, where 'Greys' style aliens used a slightly xenomorph like alien species as biological minimecha. or how in Xcom the alien invasion has multiple species all working for the same overlord.
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@Brian Van De Walker For orcs I was picturing mutant war of the roses knights, but honestly I like your idea better. Maybe the einharjar have a bunch of random modern neopagans running around with them too!
@Mithril2098 Biomechanical weirdos could be super fun, especially since it's been shown the death fields' sponsors are quite willing to do modifications on their teams. If WGA was willing to get really out there, perhaps they could take inspiration from modern body horror, such as All Tomorrows or the Electric State. After all, the aliens don't need to be truly aliens, they could just be humans subject to the Ship of Theseus until they're unrecognizable.
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@timbus the thirteenth LOL those neo-pagans would be more confused goofball than some Yu-Gi-Oh monster in thier own top 10 back storys I have been bing watching on youtube, WA should totally do/not do it in the lore🤣. The only issue I have is how do we know the einharjar didn't just become retroactivily Christian or Atheist after you know finding out thier gods where just Alien reality TV producers?
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@Mithril2098 Biomechanical mech suits kinda of sounds like a tough theme to pull off in 28mm models to me but I am welling to be proved wrong.
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@Brian Van De Walker Gates of Antares by Warlord has these guys, which have a sorta biomechanical vibe. Maybe full mechsuits wouldn't be possible, but weird combinations of harvester organisms and technology could go pretty hard.
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